Spray device



w. E. PEARL Nov. 1, 1932;

SPRAY DEVICE Filed Nov. 10, 1930 IN VEN TOR W $1 7 A TTORNEYI Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

WILLIAM E. PEARIQOF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK SPRAY DEVICE Application .filed November 10, 1930.- Serial No. 494,503.

This invention relates to spray devices. An object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described incorporated into the shower head and comprising a ren. my invention s lowered into the 1nter1or of the p 25 pora'ted into shower heads now in use, com- 3 movable perforated cartridge or container adapted to be filled with bath salts or the like soluble material and placed within a chamher in the shower head. In accordance with the cartridge is adapted to be shower head so that the user may impregnate the flowing water from the shower with salts at will, for" example, when the water reaches the proper temperature. y s

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of vthe character described adapted for use in connection with overhead showers and operable by the user by means of a member extending downwardly from the shower head, and within convenient reach of the user. I r

A further object of this invention is to provide a neat, compact and rugged device of the character described which may be incorprising comparatively few and simple parts, which shall be of comparatively inexpensive construction and easy to'manipulate and withal practical and efficient to a high degreein use. 7 a

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out. I .The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of ele-.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a'modified construction with parts broken away to show the interior construction;

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary top plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 8; and

Fig. 5 .is a cross-sectional view takenpon lines 5-5 of Fig. 3. 1

Referring now in detail to the drawing and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, 10 designates a shower apparatus embodying the invention here shown in the form of an overhead shower head 11 provided with my improved device 12 for impregnating the water flowing from said head with bath salts or the like soluble material. The head 11 comprises abottom wall 13 formed withpinholes or perforations 14 in the usual manner. Extendingfrom the wall 13, is a side wall 15 from which'there extends a dome shaped or tapering top wall 16, formedwith a central flange 17 to which may be connected in the usual manner the water supply pipe 18.

Fixed to the top wall 16 of the shower head 11 in any suitable manner is atubular memher 20 preferably disposed perpendicular to said bottom wall 13 and communicating with the interior of the shower head. For closing the bottom end of the tubular member 20 there is provided a disc 21 adapted to contact the lower end edge or rim 22 of said tubular member. Attached to the disc 21 is a gasket 23 preferably having a tapering outer wall adaptedto contact the'inner surface of the tubular member 20 adj acent the rim 22 thereof for'preventing water within the shower from entering said tubular member when 8 said disc 21 isin closing'position as shown in able manner is a metal plate 25 formed with a plurality of upwardly extending spring fine gers' 26 upstanding therefrom and adaptedto frictionallycontact the inner surface of said tubular member for retaining the disc 21' in closing position. 7 7 1 1 Mounted with'n the tubular member 20 and d sposed inside of the spring fingers 26' is a removable cartridge 30 having a bottom wall top plan view of adapted to rest on the plate 25, the side wall rality of holes or perforations 31. The spring fingers 26 are formed with inwardly Fig; 1'. Attached to the gasket 23 iii-any suitof said cartridge being. formed with a: plubent portions 32 adapted to frictionally press against the outer surface of wall 30 of said cartridge for retaining said cartridge in seated position on the plate 25. The cartridge 30 is preferably open at the top to permit the insertion therein of bath salts or the like soluble material. A removable cover 33 serves to close the top end of the tubular member 20. It will be noted that in the position of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the water within the shower head will not enter the container or tubular member 20 whereby the salts within the cartridge will not be dissolved.

For lowering the cartridge 30 however into the interior of the shower head there is provided a rod 35 fixed at the upper end thereof to the underside of the said disc 21. The rod 35 slidably extends through a suitable opening in the bottom wall 13 of the shower head, a bushing 36 being provided at said opening. The rod 35 terminates in a handle 37 located somewhat below the shower head. Preferably the rod 35 is of such length that the user will reach upward to clasp the handle 37. It will now be clearly understood that a downward. pull on the handle 37 will cause the disc 21, the gasket 23, the plate 25, springs 26 and the cartridge 30 to move downwardly, said movement lowering the cartridge into the interior of the shower head. The water circulating within the shower head will now dissolve. the salts within the cartridge, the dissolving operation being retarded by reason of small perforations within the cartridge. In lowered position the disc 21will rest on the bushing 36 and will hence be spaced from the bottom wall 13 so as not to close the perforations 14 thereunder. In the lowermost position of the disc 21 the upper ends of the spring fingers and the end of the cartridge wall project into the lower end of the tubular member 20 so as to prevent displacement of said cartridge. When the salts have been sufiiciently dissolved the cartridge may be returned to the tubular member or container 20 by merely pushing upward on the handle 37 until the disc 21 contacts the rim 22 of said tubular member. The cover 33 may thereafter be removed and the cartridge 30 likewise removed from the container or tubular member. for refilling. v

In accordance with the modification shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 the shower head 11a is provided with a fixed transverse tubular member 40 extending therethr-ough and spaced above the lower wall 13a thereof. Tubular member 40 is provided with an end wall 41 and with an end cap 42. It will be noted that the water entering the dome shaped or tapering top portion 43 of the shower head is adapted to flow around both sides of the tubular member 40, through passages 44 and 45. Said tubular member 40 is furthermore formed with a longitudinal slot 46 in the bottom thereof for the purpose hereinafter appearing. A funnel 48 may be fixed to the top of tubular member 40adjaoent one end thereof. Rotatably mounted within said tubular member 40 is an inner tubular member 50 formed with a longitudinal slot 51 in the top thereof adapted to register with the opening 46 upon rotating the inner tube 50 in the manner hereinafter appearing, to the proper position. In the position shown in Fig. 3, however, the openings 51 and 46 do not register and bath'salts 53 inserted within said inner tube through the funnel 48 which is adapted to overlie said opening51, will be retained within said inner tube and the Water within the shower will not enter said inner tube nor dissolve the salts. I

Means is provided for rotating the inner tube 50 to align the opening 51 with theopening 46 for dumping the salts 53 into the interior of the shower headwhereby the water therein will dissolve the salts. To this end a shaft or rod 55 is fixed to one end of the inner tube 50 and extends through an opening in the end cap 42. An arm 56 is fixed at one end thereof to the shaft 55 and a pull rod or chain 57 is attached to the opposite end of said arm. For limiting the rotary motion of the inner tube 50, the end cap 42 andouter tube 40 are formed with aligned slots 58, and the pin 59 fixed to the inner tube 50 extends through slots 58. In a position shown in Fig. 3, the pin 59 is disposed at one end of the slot 58. A downward pull, therefore, on the chain 57 will cause rotation in the inner tube 50 and movement of the pin 59 within the slot 58. Means is provided for returning the inner-tube 50 to the position shown in Fig. 3 upon releasing the chain 57, as for instance, when the salts have been sufiik ciently dissolved. To this end a pin 60 is fixed to an intermediate portion of the arm 56 and a tension spring is connected at one end thereof to said pin, and at the other end 62 thereof to the end cap 42. The spring 61 will hence be tensioned upon pulling the chain 57 downwardlyand will return the arm 56 to its normal position upon release of said chain. It will benoted that the opening in the fun nel 48 is entirely closed during the rotating of the innertube 50 before the openings 51 and 46 overlap so as to prevent water from finding its way out of the funnel.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and I which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In combination with a high overhead shower head, means for retaining soluble material adapted to be dissolved by water flowing in said head, and means extending from said head to a point beneath said head for moving said material into the path of said flowing water.

2. In combination with a high overhead shower head, means on said head for retaining soluble material adapted to be dissolved by water in said head and means actuable from beneath said head for moving said material into the interior of said head.

3. A high overhead shower head, having a perforated bottom wall, a tubular member fixed to said head and having anend opening into said head, a disc adapted to close said end of said member, and a rod fixed to said disc and slidably mounted on said wall and extending beneath said head.

4. A high overhead shower head, having a perforated bottom wall,a tubular member fixed to said head and having an end opening into said head, a disc adapted to close said end of said member, a rod fixed to said disc slidably mounted on said wall and extending beneath said head and a container for salts mountedin said tubular member and adapted to be lowered into the interior of said head upon pulling said rod downwardly.

5. A shower head, having a perforated bot-,

tom wall, a tubular member fixed to said head and having an end opening into said head, a disc adapted to close said end of said member,a rod fixed to said disc slidably mounted on said wall and extending beneath said head, a container for salts mounted in said tubular member and adapted to be lowered through said end into the interior of said head upon pulling said rod downwardly and spring friction means fixed to said disc for retaining said container thereon.

6. In combination, a shower head having a wall provided with small openings, a tubular member fixed within said head, a disc for' closing the lower end of said member a perforated cartridge removably mounted withing said tubular member and seated on said disc and a member fixed to the underside of said disc and slidably extending through said wall. Y

terior of said head, an inner tubular member I rotatably mounted in said first tubular member and having an opening therein and means for rotating said inner tubular member for overlapping said last named opening with either the first or second opening of said fixed member, said means comprising an arm fixed to said'inner tubular member and extending on the outer side of said head, and a pull member attached at the upper end thereof to the outer end of said arm, and depending therefrom below said head.

10. A shower head, a tubular member fixed thereto and formed with an opening communicating with the interior of said head and with a receiving opening disposed on the exterior of said head, an inner tubular member rotatably mounted in said first tubular mem- .ber and having an opening thereln and means for rotating said inner tubular member for overlapping said last named opening with elther the first or second of sa1d openings in said fixed member and means for normally retaining said inner tubular member in position for aligning said opening therein with said receiving opening.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. WILLIAM E. PEARL.

7. In combination, a tubular member, a

disc for closing the lower end thereof, a perforated cartridge removably mounted within said tubular member and seated on said disc, a member fixed to the underside of said disc and extending therefrom and a spring member fixed to said disc and extending between and frictionally contacting said cartridge and tubular member.

8. A shower head, a tubular member fixed thereto and formed with-an opening communicating with the, interior of said head 

